IPL 2024: How Shubman Gill relied on slow and steady spin to sink big-hitting SRH | Cricket News – Times of India
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Afternoon starts are usually tricky at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Who else would know that better than Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins, who benefited by fielding first in the World Cup final for Australia but chose to bat first against Gujarat Titans on a similarly dry surface.It was the gift that Titans skipper Shubman Gill accepted with both hands. He had assessed the pitch correctly and had roped in the services of Afghan chinaman Noor Ahmed who replaced Aussie speedster Spencer Johnson.Noor struck in his first over removing dangerman Travis Head. Noor's more decorated spin partner Rashid Khan, who has endured a tough time post surgery, dismissed in-form Heinrich Klaasen and stifled the gifted Aiden Markram, to deny the Sunrisers any momentum towards the back end of the...